Malignant tumours of the hand and wrist
Malignant tumours are rare in the hand and wrist. The clinical presentation may be similar to that of a benign lesion and a high index of suspicion is necessary so that such lesions are not missed by the treating surgeon. Out of a total of 657 tumours/tumour-like lesions of the hand and wrist seen i...
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| author | Binu P Thomas Kiran Sasi Samuel CR Pallapati Anil Mathew R Sreekanth Meera Thomas |
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| description | Malignant tumours are rare in the hand and wrist. The clinical presentation may be similar to that of a benign lesion and a high index of suspicion is necessary so that such lesions are not missed by the treating surgeon. Out of a total of 657 tumours/tumour-like lesions of the hand and wrist seen in a tertiary referral centre in a 10-year period, a total of 39 tumours were identified as malignant (5.9%) and of which majority had origin from the skin (53.8%). The management of these tumours is primarily surgical. Limb salvage surgery may be applied when appropriate, though eradication of disease should be the primary goal rather than preservation of function. A multimodal approach is necessary for appropriate management including chemotherapy and radiotherapy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ac079efae4e6413484438770353d6fd72025-08-20T03:24:30ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03581998-376X2011-01-0144233734710.4103/0970-0358.85355Malignant tumours of the hand and wristBinu P ThomasKiran SasiSamuel CR PallapatiAnil MathewR SreekanthMeera ThomasMalignant tumours are rare in the hand and wrist. The clinical presentation may be similar to that of a benign lesion and a high index of suspicion is necessary so that such lesions are not missed by the treating surgeon. Out of a total of 657 tumours/tumour-like lesions of the hand and wrist seen in a tertiary referral centre in a 10-year period, a total of 39 tumours were identified as malignant (5.9%) and of which majority had origin from the skin (53.8%). The management of these tumours is primarily surgical. Limb salvage surgery may be applied when appropriate, though eradication of disease should be the primary goal rather than preservation of function. A multimodal approach is necessary for appropriate management including chemotherapy and radiotherapy.http://www.ijps.org/article.asp?issn=0970-0358;year=2011;volume=44;issue=2;spage=337;epage=347;aulast=ThomasHand tumoursmalignant hand tumoursmalignant tumour |
| spellingShingle | Binu P Thomas Kiran Sasi Samuel CR Pallapati Anil Mathew R Sreekanth Meera Thomas Malignant tumours of the hand and wrist Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery Hand tumours malignant hand tumours malignant tumour |
| title | Malignant tumours of the hand and wrist |
| title_full | Malignant tumours of the hand and wrist |
| title_fullStr | Malignant tumours of the hand and wrist |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malignant tumours of the hand and wrist |
| title_short | Malignant tumours of the hand and wrist |
| title_sort | malignant tumours of the hand and wrist |
| topic | Hand tumours malignant hand tumours malignant tumour |
| url | http://www.ijps.org/article.asp?issn=0970-0358;year=2011;volume=44;issue=2;spage=337;epage=347;aulast=Thomas |
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